Sociology & Anthropology
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From  Vaudeville TomFrom: Uncle |
This chapter describes the evolution of minstrelsy into vaudeville, and how this new form of entertainment brought new meaning to the character of Uncle Tom. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  War |
The author’s father’s ghost recounts life in Đà Lạt and the arrival of war. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  WatchSurveillance of Threats From: False Security |
Analysis of surveillance as an anti-terrorism tool and its effect on privacy. | Craig Forcese; Kent Roach | 24 | 2015 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening |
This chapter begins with the story of Wei Jingsheng, a former Red Guard under Mao who became China’s most famous dissident and now runs a foundation in Washington D.C. The chapter goes on … | Michael Cormier | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Welcome to Turm-Oil Inc. |
As a company, Turm-Oil Inc. is facing the typical challenges of the new millennium: downsizing, greater reliance on technology, increased competition, and demanding customers. Such changes lead … | Gary Harper | 11 | 2004 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! What Do People With Disabilities Need to Enjoy Disability Rights |
The fifth chapter looks at the logical next step, at the gap between what people with disabilities in Canada actually experience, and what they could experience if their disability rights were … | Deborah Stienstra | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  What Is It About Us That You Don’t LikeFrom: The Truth About Stories |
In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … | Thomas King | 32 | 2003 | $3.84 Add |
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From  NEW! When Change is Your Only OptionPart 2. You are Formidable: Your Superpower From: Women Winning Office |
In When Change is Your Only Option Nash provides a brief history of her own life and how she first became involved in activism and labour politics. Nash describes her time working with the … | Peggy Nash | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Where the Fuck Are We in Your Dystopia? |
In “Where the Fuck Are We in Your Dystopia?” the author explores their love and issues with the genre of feminist dystopian fiction. Discussing gender roles, the #MeToo movement, … | Lori Fox | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From  White PrivilegeUnpacking the Invisible Knapsack |
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From  NEW! Who Are We?Identity and Intersections From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 4, Khasnabish digs into the power-laden process of identification as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. In this chapter, topics include: an examination of how a … | Alex Khasnabish | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Who Owns Water?From: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level. | Marq de Villiers | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Who Wants to Be a Farmer? |
Topics in this chapter explore the future of global agriculture and include: the aspirations of rural youth, rural youth and collective action and what the future holds for smallholder farms. | Ben White | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Who’s Protecting Whom?Child Welfare and Policing Black Families |
This chapter looks at the over-representation of Black children in the care of the Ontario child welfare system and the implications of this phenomenon, highlighting structural factors such as … | Doret Phillips; Gordon Pon; Idil Abdillahi; Jennifer Clarke | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Why Impermanence MattersFrom: Common Threads |
Most creative projects made with green waste and natural materials are meant to have a short life-span and then return to the earth. This goes against everything a Western European sensibility … | Sharon Kallis | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Wild Goose ChaseFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Discusses ways he made money as a kid in order to be able to afford entertainments. Other things about moving from the big city to a northern small town are outlined | Tom Douglas | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
